Robert's Snow Snowflakes
October 31 - December 2, 2007
Book signings by nine participating artists, Sunday, November 4, 2 - 4 p.m.
Reception for Contributing Artists Sunday, November 4, 2007, 4 p.m.
It will be snowing Oct. 31 – Dec. 2 in the Children's Gallery at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham. The Museum is hosting an exhibit of creatively designed wood snowflakes that will be auctioned off online to support Robert's Snow: for Cancer's Cure, a benefit for sarcoma research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
More than 200 well-known children's book illustrators from around the world, including Mo Willems (Knuffle Bunny series), Kevin Hawkes (The Library Lion) and Patricia Polacco (Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare), have been given a five-inch wooden snowflake to transform into an original piece of art. Like actual snowflakes, each design is unique. Creating a winter wonderland, the snowflakes will be on display around the Museum's Children's Gallery.
Robert's Snow: for Cancer's Cure was developed by children's book author and illustrator Grace Lin. Just after getting married, her husband Robert Mercer was diagnosed with sarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue and bone. While Mercer was receiving treatment, Lin told him a bedside story about a mouse that couldn't go outside to play in the snow. The story grew into a children's book, titled Robert's Snow. When Lin was finishing the artwork for the book, her husband had a relapse, so her colleagues rallied to create Robert's Snow: for Cancer's Cure to increase awareness about sarcoma and to raise research funding. Mercer passed away in August 2007, but Robert's Snow: for Cancer's Cure continues as a legacy to his life.
In addition to the exhibit, there will be an artists' reception on Sunday, November 4, following First Sunday Drop Into Art activities for children and their families from 2–4 p.m. The reception will give the public an opportunity to meet some of the exhibiting artists. First Sunday Drop Into Art programs are free, thanks to generous support from the Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation.
The snowflakes will be auctioned off to benefit Dana-Farber during three online auctions, on Nov. 19 – 23, Nov. 26 – 30 and Dec. 3 – 7. To preview the snowflakes online and to place a bid, go to www.robertssnow.com. Bidding is open to all. Robert's Snow is in its third year and has already raised more than $200,000 for Dana-Farber.
The Danforth Museum of Art is pleased to be able to offer these marvelous wooden snowflakes for viewing.
Wunkala-Wuff by Frank Dormer
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